125879: How should he pray if he can't find anything to wear except a garment on which there is some impurity (najaasah)?

If my garment becomes impure and I do not have anything else with me in which I can pray, how should I pray?.

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly:

Prayer is not valid if offered in an impure garment, if the
worshipper is able to pray in a clean garment, because Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning): “And purify your garments!”
[al-Mudaththir 74:4].

And because a woman came to the Prophet (blessings and peace
of Allaah be upon him) and said: Menstrual blood may get onto the clothes of
any one of us; what should she do with it? He said: “She should scratch it,
then rub it with water, then wash it, then pray in it.” Narrated by
al-Bukhaari (227) and Muslim (291). So the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allaah be upon him) commanded her to purify the garment of menstrual blood
before praying in it.

Secondly:

If the garment becomes impure and he does not have any other
garment in which to pray, one of the three following scenarios must apply:

1.
He is able to wash the spot
where the impurity is on the garment and pray in it, such as if the impurity
is in a spot on the sleeve, for example. So he has to wash it and pray in
the garment, because he is able to pray in a clean garment and he has no
excuse for praying with the impurity there.

2.
He can take off the garment
without uncovering his ‘awrah, such as if he is wearing another garment
under it that covers his ‘awrah. So he has to take off the garment and pray
in the clean garment. Hence the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah be
upon him) took off his shoe whilst he was praying, because Jibreel came to
him and told him that there was some dirt on it. Narrated by Abu Dawood
(650) and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.

3.
There is no other clean garment
in which he can pray, and it is not possible to wash the spot where the
impurity is on the garment. The correct scholarly view is that he should
pray in the impure garment, and he is excused and his prayer is valid, and
he does not have to repeat the prayer after that.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him)
said:

What if a person cannot find anything but an impure garment?
It was said he should pray naked, or he should pray wearing it and repeat
the prayer, or he should pray in it and not repeat the prayer, and this
is the most correct of the scholarly views, because Allaah did not
command His slave to offer the obligatory prayer twice, unless he did not do
the obligatory action that he was able to do the first time, such as if he
prays without taking his time; then he has to repeat the prayer, as the
Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) ordered the man who
prayed without taking his time to repeat the prayer, and he said, “Go back
and pray, for you have not prayed.” Similarly, if a person forgets to purify
himself and prays without wudoo’, he has to repeat the prayer, as the
Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) commanded the man who
did wudoo’ and forgot a spot on his foot which the water did not touch to
repeat his wudoo’ and his prayer. As for the one who did what he was
commanded to, to the best of his ability, Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning): “So keep your duty to Allaah and fear Him as much as you
can”[al-Taghaabun 64:16], and the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah
be upon him) said: “ If I command you to do something, do as much of it as
you can.” End quote.